ports/146419: [patch] devel/directfb: FREETYPE2 enabled unconditionally

[b. f.]

The following reply was made to PR ports/146419; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "b. f." <bf1783 at googlemail.com>
To: Anonymous <swell.k at gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/146419: [patch] devel/directfb: FREETYPE2 enabled 
	unconditionally
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 07:11:52 +0000

 On 5/10/10, Anonymous <swell.k at gmail.com> wrote:
 > "b. f." <bf1783 at googlemail.com> writes:
 >> On 5/10/10, Anonymous <swell.k at gmail.com> wrote:
 >>> And ports/144765 does exactly that, i.e. adds OPTIONS, except it doesn't
 
 >
 > No, I'm talking about cases like in graphics/gimp-app
 >
 >   .if defined(WITH_GVFS) || ${HAVE_GNOME:Mgvfs}!=""
 >   LIB_DEPENDS+=   gnome-keyring.0:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnome-keyring
 >   USE_GNOME+=     gvfs
 >   .  if ${HAVE_GNOME:Mlibgnomeui}!=""
 >   USE_GNOME+=     libgnomeui
 >   .  endif
 >   .endif
 >
 > Note, the port does not provide a way to disable GVFS when it's installed
 >
 
 I should note, too, that there is a way to override this: by setting
 WITHOUT_GNOME=yes or WITHOUT_GNOME=1.  The details are buried in
 bsd.gnome.mk.  But this is just proving my point: obscure variables
 like WITHOUT_FREETYPE and WITHOUT_GNOME, hidden away in Makefiles,
 don't make it easy for the user.  Using and enforcing OPTIONS is
 usually the better way.
 
 b.